nitroheadz28
Junior Member
Last night I rode into Manhattan to purchase some tickets off a guy on CL, the guy proceeded to text me that he had sold them 10 minutes prior
It was a Saturday night, so instead of going home I decided to calm my frustration from that douchebag by taking a ride up the Henry Hudson, cutting through Washington Heights, and coming back down the FDR. I got off the HH and encountered bad traffic in WH, I took a side street that got my bearings mixed up and hit more traffic. Anyway I was coming down a 2 way street that had approx 4-5 cars lined up for a left turn with the intersection in gridlock. I began passing on the right to make a right turn (No bicycle lane with several cars double parked and plenty of room) at less than 10mph. I get to the end of the block to make my right and out jumps the 5-0 :disapprove:
So now I'm thinking, great I'm going to get some lame moving violation. He takes my paperwork, everything checks out of course. Then comes back and tells me that this is a motorcycle "safety" checkpoint and because I committed a moving violation, my bike is being "Vouchered" and I'm receiving a reckless driving summons without points (The pink slip). :spank:
Needless to say I'm utterly shocked. I ask some questions and he tells me that it is NOT being impounded, and that they hold bikes at the precinct for 24 hours for any violations. Whats even more hilarious? I asked them if they were going to throw it on a flatbed, NOPE. A plainclothes officer rode it back to the precinct WITHOUT A HELMET
Now at this point I'm expecting to get my pristine FZ6 back in shambles so its whatever, I have comprehensive I guess. Then comes the summons court date in August
This is my first ticket after 5 years of daily driving and a squeaky clean driving record. Anyone that has input/ criticism please post . What also concerns me is that I can't find any info online about this vehicle "Vouchering", I'll have to call the precinct soon. I've been meaning to get some kind of camera setup for my own safety and this type of occasion, obviously I was too late . IMO this was complete BS and unwarranted, at most some kind of failure to yield violation could've applied. The cop was standing there spewing some BS saying that he felt genuinely bad for me and that my violation is BS/ its the last thing he wants to do but its NYPD policy since the Range Rover incident . He also told me to just not ride in Manhattan to avoid this crap.. lol
It was a Saturday night, so instead of going home I decided to calm my frustration from that douchebag by taking a ride up the Henry Hudson, cutting through Washington Heights, and coming back down the FDR. I got off the HH and encountered bad traffic in WH, I took a side street that got my bearings mixed up and hit more traffic. Anyway I was coming down a 2 way street that had approx 4-5 cars lined up for a left turn with the intersection in gridlock. I began passing on the right to make a right turn (No bicycle lane with several cars double parked and plenty of room) at less than 10mph. I get to the end of the block to make my right and out jumps the 5-0 :disapprove:
So now I'm thinking, great I'm going to get some lame moving violation. He takes my paperwork, everything checks out of course. Then comes back and tells me that this is a motorcycle "safety" checkpoint and because I committed a moving violation, my bike is being "Vouchered" and I'm receiving a reckless driving summons without points (The pink slip). :spank:
Needless to say I'm utterly shocked. I ask some questions and he tells me that it is NOT being impounded, and that they hold bikes at the precinct for 24 hours for any violations. Whats even more hilarious? I asked them if they were going to throw it on a flatbed, NOPE. A plainclothes officer rode it back to the precinct WITHOUT A HELMET
Now at this point I'm expecting to get my pristine FZ6 back in shambles so its whatever, I have comprehensive I guess. Then comes the summons court date in August
This is my first ticket after 5 years of daily driving and a squeaky clean driving record. Anyone that has input/ criticism please post . What also concerns me is that I can't find any info online about this vehicle "Vouchering", I'll have to call the precinct soon. I've been meaning to get some kind of camera setup for my own safety and this type of occasion, obviously I was too late . IMO this was complete BS and unwarranted, at most some kind of failure to yield violation could've applied. The cop was standing there spewing some BS saying that he felt genuinely bad for me and that my violation is BS/ its the last thing he wants to do but its NYPD policy since the Range Rover incident . He also told me to just not ride in Manhattan to avoid this crap.. lol
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